Lasting-buttoner.



P. P. W. 0. KRIPPENDORP. LASTING BUTTONBR'. APPLICATION FILED DEO.B,1909.

" 967,939. Y Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

PAUL F. W. C. KRIPPENDORF, 0F LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAS'IING-BUTTONER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 8, 190.).

Patented Aug. 23, 1910. Serial No. 531,945.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL F. W. C. Karr- PENDORF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Lasting-Buttoners, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention resides in a device to secure and hold the flaps of a button shoe during the processes of manufacture, such, for example, as lasting. During the lasting process, it is necessary to hold the upper of the shoe firmly fitted over the last. Hitherto this has commonly been done by buttoning the shoe over the last, but the buttoning and unbuttoning of the shoe over the rigid and inelastic last results in much injury to the buttonholes, stretching and distorting them and injuring not only the appearance of the shoe, but also its strength.

The present invention provides a device which engages the button and the buttonhole and holds the shoe in position firmly on the last without injury to the shoe, to the button or to the buttonhole. It may be readily adapted to any size of shoe and any arran ement of spacing of buttons and buttonho es.

The nature of the invention will more fully appear from the accompanying description and drawings and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

The drawings represent the preferred form of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device in position with a portion of the shoe indicated in dotted lines; Fig. :2 is a view in cross section through a portion of the last and a portion of the shoe upper showing the device in position to hold the shoe on the last; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of one fastening member of the device; Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the device as shown in Fig. 1; Figs. 5 and 6 are'side elevations of one of the fasteners showing different relative lateral positions of the parts. I

In the drawings a portion of an ordinary last is indicated at 1 in Fig.2 and upon it are shown portions of the button flap 2 and buttonhole flap 3 of an ordinary button shoe, the button being indicated at4 and the buttonhole at 5.

The lasting buttoner embodying this invention is made up of a series of what are herein termed fasteners and which comprise means herein termed a button grip for engaging the button and means herein termed a buttonhole grip for engaging the buttonhole, and these grips are preferably firmly united as by being formed in an integral piece. These fasteners are connected to each other by a yielding connection permitting a yielding separation of the fasteners from each other in order to conform to different spacings of buttons and also permitting theyielding of the fasteners in a curvilinear direction to conform to any particular curve in the buttons of the shoe. Preferably this connection between the fasteners takes the form of a sinuous spring member made of wire, the fasteners being attached in suitable manner to the sinuous member at alternate bends thereof.

Referring to the drawings it will be necessary to describe but one of the fasteners. In the form shown it is made of a piece of sheet metal bent into a general U-shape form, as clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 6. The lower portion 6 is forked to form two limbs 7 and 8 adapted to pass on either side of the button shank. The upper portion is provided abovethe fork with depending ears 9 adapted to receive between them the button head, the limbs of the U into which the fastener is formed being separated sufficiently to allow of the passage therebetween of the button head. The upper limb of the Ushaped fastener is provided with a projecting stud 10. This stud should be of a diameter substantialy equal to the diameter of the eye of the buttonhole and is finished at its top in conioal form and with a very slight shoulder or projection 11. The forward end of the upper limb is provided with a hook-shaped catch 12 adapted to pass through the slot of the buttonhole and engage the flap of the shoe. It will thus be seen that each fastener comprises two parts, first, a button grip, namely, the lower member which engages the shank of the button, and a buttonhole grip, namely, the upper member which en gages the buttonhole, and which consists primarily of the stud 10 and secondarily of the hook 12.

The series of fasteners are held together by sinuous spring wire connection 13 and are secured to alternate bends thereof in suitable manner and as shown by having the metal of the forked portions 7 and 8 bent around the Wire and swaged thereto. It Will thus be seen that" the severalfasteners are yieldingly or extensibly connected so that they may separate one from the other stairform to different spacings of buttons and tHat they may also assume as a seriesline's of varying curvature to conform tothe curvalO -is shown in laterally different positions With respect to ,the 'buttQIi-Qhgaging fork. This enables fasteners of one size tIo'i-be 'ii'sed Wi hra y n fizi 5f fit 7 I f When ,the' fastener is to. be placed in posi tion the button grips are slipped: over the ut on s ank b in i gp tli w th the forks formed by the pailts'i'ff' a'nd :8 and the heads or the buttons bet een the lugsie. The hooks 112' are then passed throu h the slots of the butttmhole and the s'tu'ds'lO are then pushedthroiigh the eyes of theibutt'ono e, th lit l sh ul er. l,lf.. a q i g' iv r t edg annex wiaa qinany w i t a i n rxdi ti r -i g' thenittbnhb h'efftrtfl fiifi a u u l y a p d befo t e i sert bi o h a tfal ll tppe wi h h 1 i t ner ii pla r qu y hia il; 'l al'ldl ll and t operations whi h ,tndto, di plaothe a ener b t y a thel li P i2s d lQdgment by t h trfitio il l Thejhook 12 catching, q'rerlthe upper atione en an e bulfd rll ij tch "t upper at'jthe'i other ,end ,of the butto pie old the biittonhole "in place ,yvhilj ejthie two plates forming, the fasteners fconve ge yiqwa fd the ufli lfih iti j b snaps ili emhem and i th Pier 11 from slippingf out'i fronij theflbutt" Th Sh fiap ia thu ts uf edll fir y upon th a t hou i'fij lryjeith rfio the. button or thebuttonhole. ."Lhe fastenei" is removed 'With equal Iea' se because theye of the ton fadi yi .s i'ps we: th s ud allowing. the fastener to removed. 'It is intendedherein ,tojclaimthe invention broadly as it is believed that this ijthe filT- d i j t il Qm shbiefifiiaipsi y ll ii mentiwith the biitton' Tand'. the bnttmih le and Without injury to either.

1 Havi g l y ld i grib my nv ntion, w I claim as. n i La d dssi l tto i1 b Letters Patent is 'r'er a t ewer-sensin a bttt n grip, and a buttonhole grip; and means for yle'ldingly connecting the fasteners.

2. 'Alastin'g buttoner foriholding the flaps grip, and a buttonhole grip; and means connecting the fasteners to permit varyings'epw ration and varying curvilinear arrangement thereof.

3. A lasting buttoner for holding the flaps of vbntton shoes comprisinga series of fasteners, each fastener 'conip'risin "a button grip, and abiittonholegripjian a sinuous sprm membenfthe {said fasteners, being mounted onlal'ternate bends thereof whereby varyingfsepara'tibn and, jvarying curvilinear rrangementjqf ,the fasteners is secured.

4'. "A ,las'ti ngfbuttoner for holding the flaps of button shoe's' comprisin a sinuous: spring member and means carriedat alternat'ebends thereof for gripping a. series '0f buttons and their corresponding buttonhol'esto unite and holdthe shoe' flaps Withoutbuttoning.

'5. A lastlngjbu'ttoner for holding'the flaps of biitt he s i pii s" e i s enets. rip n ens of t on an their icorlflsponding.bnttonholes to unit'eand hold the'shoe 'fl'a'ps withoutfbuttonin'g, and means for yielding ly"connectingjthe fasteners to p rn1itvarying separation and Varying curvilinear, arrangement thereof.

6. A'lastin'g buttoner for holding the flaps of button sho'es' comprising a series, of fastenors, each"'fas'tenefr comprisinga button n a da c n ec dbutt nholeigripi sa buttonhole grip having a 'stud to, ,enter' the buttonhole eye, and met n's' for "yieldingly c'onn'efct ngthesaid fasteners.

7." Klasting,buttonerforjholding the flaps of button shoescomp'rising a series of fastoners, each fastener comprising abutton and a {connected buttonhole grip, said buttonhole grip having a'st udtoenter the buttonhole eye and a hook tojengage the flap at the slot end ofthe buttorlholQand means for yieldingly connecting the said fasteners. 8.,In a device forholdingfthe fl aps of button shoes ,a fastener comprising a forked member for engaging. the button shank -and a stud member for engaging the buttonhole eye.

9. In a device for holding the flaps of button shoes, a fastener comprising a forked member for engagingthebuttonshank and a stud member for engaging the bnttonhole e'ie, and'nleans for rigidly uniting the said members.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two, subscribing witnesses.

' PAUL F. W. C. KRIPPENDORF.

Witnesses:

' ,LnonA CHAN L R, 

